WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Is there a prohibition of workplace sexual harassment based on gender expression?

The term “gender expression” includes terms such as “gender-related appearance or mannerisms”.

No prohibition of sexual harassment at work indicates that legislation does not specifically prohibit sexual harassment at the workplace, nor does it prohibit sexual harassment perpetrated by a person in a position of authority. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee

No prohibition explicit to gender expression and sexual harassment prohibition covers women only means that there is no protection against sexual harassment specific to gender expression and, at the same time, sexual harassment is prohibited against women only.

Prohibition extends to both genders, but no prohibition explicit to gender expression means that there is no protection against sexual harassment specific to gender expression but, at the same time, sexual harassment is prohibited against both genders.

Countries

Afghanistan - Not specific to gender expression

Albania - Not specific to gender expression

Algeria - Not specific to gender expression

Andorra - Not specific to gender expression

Angola - Not specific to gender expression

Antigua and Barbuda - Not specific to gender expression

Argentina - Not specific to gender expression

Armenia - Not specific to gender expression

Austria - Not specific to gender expression

Azerbaijan - Not specific to gender expression

Bahamas - Not specific to gender expression

Bahrain - Not specific to gender expression

Bangladesh - Not specific to gender expression

Barbados - Not specific to gender expression

Belarus - Not specific to gender expression

Belize - Not specific to gender expression

Benin - Not specific to gender expression

Bhutan - Not specific to gender expression

Bolivia - Not specific to gender expression

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Not specific to gender expression

Botswana - Not specific to gender expression

Brazil - Not specific to gender expression

Brunei - Not specific to gender expression

Bulgaria - Not specific to gender expression

Burkina Faso - Not specific to gender expression

Burundi - Not specific to gender expression

Cambodia - Not specific to gender expression

Cameroon - Not specific to gender expression

Canada - Not specific to gender expression

Cabo Verde - Not specific to gender expression

Central African Republic - Not specific to gender expression

Chad - Not specific to gender expression

Chile - Not specific to gender expression

China - Not specific to gender expression

Colombia - Not specific to gender expression

Comoros - Not specific to gender expression

Republic of the Congo - Not specific to gender expression

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Not specific to gender expression

Costa Rica - Not specific to gender expression

Cote d'Ivoire - Not specific to gender expression

Cuba - Not specific to gender expression

Cyprus - Not specific to gender expression

Czech Republic - Not specific to gender expression

Djibouti - Not specific to gender expression

Dominica - Not specific to gender expression

Dominican Republic - Not specific to gender expression

Ecuador - Not specific to gender expression

Egypt - Not specific to gender expression

El Salvador - Not specific to gender expression

Equatorial Guinea - Not specific to gender expression

Eritrea - Not specific to gender expression

Estonia - Not specific to gender expression

Ethiopia - Not specific to gender expression

Fiji - Not specific to gender expression

France - Not specific to gender expression

Gabon - Not specific to gender expression

The Gambia - Not specific to gender expression

Germany - Not specific to gender expression

Ghana - Not specific to gender expression

Greenland - Not specific to gender expression

Grenada - Not specific to gender expression

Guatemala - Not specific to gender expression

Guinea - Not specific to gender expression

Guinea-Bissau - Not specific to gender expression

Guyana - Not specific to gender expression

Haiti - Not specific to gender expression

Honduras - Not specific to gender expression

Hungary - Not specific to gender expression

India - Not specific to gender expression

Indonesia - Not specific to gender expression

Iran - Not specific to gender expression

Iraq - Not specific to gender expression

Ireland - Not specific to gender expression

Israel - Not specific to gender expression

Italy - Not specific to gender expression

Jamaica - Not specific to gender expression

Japan - Not specific to gender expression

Jordan - Not specific to gender expression

Kazakhstan - Not specific to gender expression

Kenya - Not specific to gender expression

Kiribati - Not specific to gender expression

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Not specific to gender expression

Republic of Korea - Not specific to gender expression

Kuwait - Not specific to gender expression

Kyrgyzstan - Not specific to gender expression

Laos - Not specific to gender expression

Latvia - Not specific to gender expression

Lebanon - Not specific to gender expression

Lesotho - Not specific to gender expression

Liberia - Not specific to gender expression

Libya - Not specific to gender expression

Liechtenstein - Not specific to gender expression

Lithuania - Not specific to gender expression

Luxembourg - Not specific to gender expression

North Macedonia - Not specific to gender expression

Madagascar - Not specific to gender expression

Malawi - Not specific to gender expression

Malaysia - Not specific to gender expression

Maldives - Not specific to gender expression

Mali - Not specific to gender expression

Marshall Islands - Not specific to gender expression

Mauritania - Not specific to gender expression

Mauritius - Not specific to gender expression

Mexico - Not specific to gender expression

Micronesia, Federated States of - Not specific to gender expression

Moldova - Not specific to gender expression

Monaco - Not specific to gender expression

Montenegro - Not specific to gender expression

Morocco - Not specific to gender expression

Mozambique - Not specific to gender expression

Myanmar - Not specific to gender expression

Namibia - Not specific to gender expression

Nauru - Not specific to gender expression

Nepal - Not specific to gender expression

New Zealand - Not specific to gender expression

Nicaragua - Not specific to gender expression

Niger - Not specific to gender expression

Nigeria - Not specific to gender expression

Oman - Not specific to gender expression

Palau - Not specific to gender expression

Panama - Not specific to gender expression

Papua New Guinea - Not specific to gender expression

Paraguay - Not specific to gender expression

Peru - Not specific to gender expression

The Philippines - Not specific to gender expression

Poland - Not specific to gender expression

Portugal - Not specific to gender expression

Qatar - Not specific to gender expression

Romania - Not specific to gender expression

Russian Federation - Not specific to gender expression

Rwanda - Not specific to gender expression

Samoa - Not specific to gender expression

San Marino - Not specific to gender expression

Sao Tome and Principe - Not specific to gender expression

Saudi Arabia - Not specific to gender expression

Senegal - Not specific to gender expression

Serbia - Not specific to gender expression

Seychelles - Not specific to gender expression

Sierra Leone - Not specific to gender expression

Singapore - Not specific to gender expression

Slovakia - Not specific to gender expression

Solomon Islands - Not specific to gender expression

Somalia - Not specific to gender expression

South Africa - Not specific to gender expression

South Sudan - Not specific to gender expression

Sri Lanka - Not specific to gender expression

St. Kitts and Nevis - Not specific to gender expression

St. Lucia - Not specific to gender expression

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Not specific to gender expression

Sudan - Not specific to gender expression

Suriname - Not specific to gender expression

Eswatini - Not specific to gender expression

Switzerland - Not specific to gender expression

Syria - Not specific to gender expression

Tajikistan - Not specific to gender expression

Tanzania - Not specific to gender expression

Thailand - Not specific to gender expression

Timor-Leste - Not specific to gender expression

Togo - Not specific to gender expression

Tonga - Not specific to gender expression

Trinidad and Tobago - Not specific to gender expression

Tunisia - Not specific to gender expression

Türkiye - Not specific to gender expression

Turkmenistan - Not specific to gender expression

Tuvalu - Not specific to gender expression

Uganda - Not specific to gender expression

Ukraine - Not specific to gender expression

United Arab Emirates - Not specific to gender expression

United Kingdom - Not specific to gender expression

United States of America - Not specific to gender expression

Uruguay - Not specific to gender expression

Uzbekistan - Not specific to gender expression

Vanuatu - Not specific to gender expression

Venezuela - Not specific to gender expression

Vietnam - Not specific to gender expression

Yemen - Not specific to gender expression

Zambia - Not specific to gender expression

Zimbabwe - Not specific to gender expression

Australia - Protection explicit to gender expression

Belgium - Protection explicit to gender expression

Croatia - Protection explicit to gender expression

Denmark - Protection explicit to gender expression

Finland - Protection explicit to gender expression

Georgia - Protection explicit to gender expression

Greece - Protection explicit to gender expression

Iceland - Protection explicit to gender expression

Malta - Protection explicit to gender expression

Mongolia - Protection explicit to gender expression

The Netherlands - Protection explicit to gender expression

Norway - Protection explicit to gender expression

Pakistan - Protection explicit to gender expression

Slovenia - Protection explicit to gender expression

Spain - Protection explicit to gender expression

Sweden - Protection explicit to gender expression